Village Cross at Junction with Speke Road is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Cross.

Village Cross at Junction with Speke Road

WRENN ID
shifting-corner-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Garston MP: Maria Eagle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Cross
Address
Village Cross at Junction with Speke Road, Woolton Street
OS grid reference
SJ 425 866
Coordinates
53.37382, -2.86555
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village cross at the junction with Speke Road is a Grade II listed structure, with its date of origin uncertain but restored in 1913. It features a stone shaft set on three steps, topped with a restored cross. There is a bronze board on the front of the cross that bears the inscription "WOOLTON/VILLE CROSS/CRUX POTESTAS/DEI", while the rear has the inscription "HANC CRUCEM ANTIQUAM/TEMPORIS CURSU DILAPIDATAM/ARTHURIS. S. MATHER/RESTAURAVIT MCM XIII". Additionally, there are six granite bollards surrounding the cross. This structure is part of a complete street group located on what was once the main village street.

Local climate

Village Cross at Junction with Speke Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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